<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=47OhDs_0vjkGBN200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=47OhDs_0vjkGBN200" width="1320" height="743" >EMMET COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A pedestrian tunnel under US-31 in Petoskey -- already home to the Petoskey Piano -- is getting a fresh coat of paint.The city commissioned Flint-area artist Kevin Burdick to paint a mural.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2Iwdsz_0vjkGBN200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Iwdsz_0vjkGBN200" width="648" height="365" >Burdick said it will span the entire tunnel and have an anti-graffiti layer on top, with a design featuring local fish.Burdick said he wants it to feel like walking through an aquarium tunnel."Originally, I had sent the city something a little more touristy, and I give them credit because they pushed me in more of an artistic direction," Burdick said.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0A8Y7Y_0vjkGBN200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0A8Y7Y_0vjkGBN200" width="648" height="365" >"They wanted bright colors; they liked some previous fish murals I had done," Burdick said. "And they said, 'Hey, get a bunch of Michigan species that locals up here are always fishing for, and it should be a home run.'"Burdick said he expects to finish the Mural next week.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4U0217_0vjkGBN200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4U0217_0vjkGBN200" width="648" height="365" >The tunnel was closed to traffic on Tuesday and Wednesday.This is the first project under Petoskey's public art policy adopted last year.</div></body>

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EMMET COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A pedestrian tunnel under US-31 in Petoskey -- already home to the Petoskey Piano -- is getting a fresh coat of paint. The city commissioned Flint-area artist Kevin Burdick to paint a mural. Burdick said it will span the entire tunnel and have an anti-graffiti...